MeanOF

partly

- adverb (adv)

Meaning: not completely

Synonyms: at best at least at most at worst bit by bit by degrees carelessly halfway inadequately in a general way in bits and pieces incompletely in part in some measure in some ways insufficiently little by little measurably notably not entirely not fully noticeably not strictly speaking not wholly partially piece by piece piecemeal relatively slightly so far as possible somewhat to a certain degree to a certain extent up to a certain point within limits

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